Authors: Shklar, Leon Rosen, Richard
Pages: 357
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN13: 9780471486565
A little more than a decade ago at CERN (the scientific research laboratory near
Geneva, Switzerland), Tim Berners-Lee presented a proposal for an information
management system that would enable the sharing of knowledge and resources over
a computer network.
The system he proposed has propagated itself into what can truly be called a
World Wide Web, as people all over the world use it for a wide variety of purposes:
• Educational institutions and research laboratories were among the very first users of the Web, employing it for sharing documents and other resources across
the Internet.
• Individuals today use the Web (and the underlying Internet technologies that sup-port it) as an instantaneous international postal service, as a worldwide community bulletin board for posting virtual photo albums, and as a venue for holding global yard sales.
• Businesses engage in e-commerce, offering individuals a medium for buying and
selling goods and services over the net. They also communicate with other busi-
nesses through B2B (business-to-business) data exchanges, where companies can
provide product catalogues, inventories, and sales records to other companies.